A compilation of different resources to aid in searching for the disappeared, including: legal documents, government protocols, basic guides and manuals, testimonies, and stories from various civil society organizations and international agencies working alongside family members.
Author(s): Oficina en México del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos y Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos,
Year: 2019
Type: Principios rectores
Sixteen guiding principles during the search for the disappeared emphasizing the role of victims in the search.
Author(s): GIASF - Grupo de Investigación en Antropología Social y Forense; SERAPAZ - Servicios y Asesoría para la Paz,
Year: 2020
Type: Guía Búsqueda en Vida
Compilation of practices related to the search in life, recognizing families as experts and producers of knowledge.
Author(s): GIASF - Grupo de Investigación en Antropología Social y Forense,
Year: 2018
Type: Guia Búsqueda en Campo
A guide for families and people in solidarity searching for the disappeared, with a focus on truth and justice.
Author(s): GIASF - Grupo de Investigación en Antropología Social y Forense; SERAPAZ - Servicios y Asesoría para la Paz; Fundar, Centro de Analisis e Investigación,
Year: 2021
Type: Protocolo Notificación Humanitaria
Identification notification protocol with a psychosocial perspective for dignified restitution and post-restitution follow-up.
Author(s): Impunidad Cero y TOJIL,
Year: 2019
Type: Guía vs violencia género en ministerios públicos
Guide for women to demand their rights, avoid violence, re-victimization and mistreatment at prosecutor’s offices.
Author(s): Impunidad Cero y Denuncia.org,
Year: 2020
Type: Guía para denuncias
Toolbox to determine if you are a victim of a crime and what are the steps to follow to report it.
Author(s): Impunidad Cero y TOJIL,
Year: 2019
Type: Guía vs corrupción en ministerios públicos
Guide against corruption at prosecutor’s offices to fight impunity and guarantee justice during judicial processes.
Author(s): Centro Prodh - Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez,
Year: 2018
Type: Guía sobre Ley de Desaparición Forzada
Guide on the General Law on Forced Disappearance, Disappearances Committed by Private Parties and the National Search System.
Author(s): Centro Prodh - Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez,
Year: 2020
Type: Guia para personas buscadoras
Practical guide for family members in search of disappeared persons following up on their reports to the prosecutor's office.
Author(s): Brigada Nacional de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas,
Year: 2019
Type: Guía Brigada de Búsqueda
Guide for family members and people working in solidarity participating in the 4th National Brigade in Search for the Disappeared in Guerrero in 2019.
Author(s): Brigada Nacional de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas,
Year: 2020
Type: Guía Brigada de Búsqueda
Guide for family members and people working in solidarity participating in the 5th National Brigade in Search for the Disappeared in Veracruz in 2020.
Author(s): Brigada Nacional de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas,
Year: 2021
Type: Guía Brigada de Búsqueda
Guide for family members and people working in solidarity participating in the 6th National Brigade in Search for the Disappeared in Morelos in 2021.
Author(s): Brigada Nacional de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas,
Year: 2021
Type: Fanzines sobre la Brigada Nacional de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas
Triptych of bilingual zines on the National Brigade in Search for the Disappeared, its history, methodologies and one testimony.
Author(s): Universidad Iberoamericana,
Year: 2019
Type: Manual de acciones desaparición forzada
Manual that seeks to provide tools for Mexican families who have been affected by the forced disappearance of their loved ones.
Author(s): Comisión Nacional de Búsqueda y USAID,
Year: 2021
Type: Guía sobre el Amparo Buscador
Guide to help navigate the legal process of obtaining an amparo, equivalent to a writ of habeas corpus, for people disappeared by authorities.
Author(s): Comisión Nacional de Búsqueda,
Year: 2021
Type: Guía sobre Análisis de Contexto
Guide for context analysis during the search, including geographical, cultural, economic, political, historical and social analysis.
Author(s): Gobierno de México,
Year: 2013
Type: Ley
Law that establishes judicial, administrative, social and economic measures for the benefit of victims of violence in Mexico.
Author(s): Gobierno de México,
Year: 2017
Type: Ley
Law whose purpose is to prevent and address the consequences of disappearance, as well as to respond to the needs of the families.
Author(s): Comisión Nacional de Búsqueda y USAID,
Year: 2021
Type: Protocolo
Protocol highlighting the obligations that different authorities have during the search for the disappeared.
Author(s): Centro Prodh,
Year: 2020
Type: Testimonios e historias de búsqueda de mujeres buscadoras
Testimonies of 9 women who search describing the economic, physical and psychological consequences triggered by the disappearance of their relatives.
Author(s): Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, GIASF, CIESAS, Hermanas en la Sombra, Buscadoras del Fuerte, Rastreadoras Fe y Esperanza y FUNDAR ,
Year: 2020
Type: Testimonios e historias de búsqueda de buscadoras de Sinaloa
Twenty stories capturing the hardships and conditions that families face while searching for their disappeared loved ones in Sinaloa.
Author(s): Fundación Heinrich Boll,
Year: 2020
Type: Testimonios e historias de búsqueda de Veracruz
A collection of testimonies describing the affective traces left behind by victims of disappearance in various regions of Veracruz.
Author(s): Fundación Heinrich Boll,
Year: 2018
Type: Testimonios e historias de búsqueda de Coahuila
Life histories of the disappeared as told through the memory work done by searching mothers, wives and sisters in Coahuila.
Author(s): Fundar. Centro de Análisis e Investigación,
Year: 2021
Type: Testimonios e historias de búsqueda de 13 familares
Told in the aftermath of disappearance, 13 stories act as testimony to emerging communities that share grief and collective strength through the search.
Author(s): I(dh)eas,
Year: 2021
Type: Guía de Búsqueda, primeras horas
Guide that seeks to provide agile, concrete and timely information for families in the search for their missing relatives.